Global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care: An international comparative study by the INTRePID consortium

Project Details

This project used general practice EMR data stored in repositories based in nine countries to describe general practice consultation types (face to face, telephone, video consultation) prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic in 12 primary care systems.

Patron ID: PAT043

Project Lead:

Dr Christine Hallinan

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Publications:

Lapadula MC, Mohammaddrazeei D, Ortigoza A, Freitas A, Silva-Valencia J; INTRePID Consortium. Impact of the COV, ID-19 Pandemic on Cervical Cancer Screening: An International Comparative Study by INTRePID. BJOG. 2025 Jan 22 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.18077

Tu, K., Sarkadi Kristiansson, R., Gronsbell, J., de Lusignan, S., Flottorp, S., Goh, L.H., Hallinan, C.M., Hoang, U., Kang, S.Y., Kim, Y.S., Li, Z., Ling, Z.J., Manski-Nankervis, J.-A., Ng, A.P.P., Pace, W.D., Wensaas, K.-A., Wong, W.C. and Stephenson, E. (2022). Changes in primary care visits arising from the COVID-19 pandemic: an international comparative study by the International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers (INTRePID). BMJ Open, 12(5), p.e059130.

Tu K, Lapadula MC, Apajee J, Bonilla AO, Baste V, Cuba-Fuentes MS, de Lusignan S, Flottorp S, Gaona G, Goh LH, Hallinan CM, Kristiansson RS, Laughlin A, Li Z, Ling ZJ, Manski-Nankervis JA, Ng APP, Scattini LF, Silva-Valencia J, Pace WD, Wensaas KA, Wong WCW, Zingoni PL, Westfall JM; INTRePID. Changes in reasons for visits to primary care after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: An international comparative study by the International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers (INTRePID). PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024 Aug 22;4(8):e0003406. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003406. PMID: 39173045; PMCID: PMC11341054.

Peng, K., Tu, K., Li, Z., Hallinan, CM., Laughlin, A., Manski‐Nankervis, J., Apajee, J., Lapadula, MC., Ortigoza, A., Da Roza, CC., Baste, V., Flottorp, S., Wensaas, KA., Goh, LH., Ling, ZJ., Kristiansson, R., Gaona, G., Pace, W.D., Westfall, J.M. and Pui, A. (2023). Global impacts of COVID‐19 pandemic on sexual and reproductive health services: An international comparative study on primary care from the INTRePID Consortium. BJOG, 131(4), pp.508–517. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.17704.

Silva-Valencia J, Lapadula C, Westfall JM, Gaona G, de Lusignan S, Kristiansson RS, Ling ZJ, Goh LH, Soto-Becerra P, Cuba-Fuentes MS, Wensaas KA, Flottorp S, Baste V, Chi-Wai Wong W, Pui Ng AP, Ortigoza A, Manski-Nankervis JA, Hallinan CM, Zingoni P, Scattini L, Heald A, Tu K; INTRePID. Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health visits in primary care: an interrupted time series analysis from nine INTRePID countries. EClinicalMedicine 70 (2024)

Westfall JM, Bonilla AO, Lapadula MC, Zingoni PL, Wong WCW, Wensaas KA, Pace WD, Silva-Valencia J, Scattini LF, Ng APP, Manski-Nankervis J-A, Ling ZJ, Li Z, Heald AH, Laughlin A, Kristiansson RS, Hallinan CM, Goh LH, Gaona G, Flottorp S, de Lusignan S, Cuba-Fuentes MS, Baste V and Tu K (2024) Changes in primary care visits for respiratory illness during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multinational study by the International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers (INTRePID). Front. Med. 11:1343646. doi:10.3389/fmed.2024.1343646

Research Outcomes

Conference Presentations

• NAPCRG Annual Meeting, USA. 2020. [Poster] Tu K, de Lusignan S, Goh LH, Hallinan CM, Kristiansson RS, Ling ZJ, Telle KE, Wensaas KA, Park JH, Manski-Nankervis JA, Pace WD, Wong WC, Butt D, O'Neill B, Crampton N, Greiver M, Ji C, Stephenson E, Walsh R. INTRePID - INTernational ConsoRtium of Primary Care BIg Data Researchers: Studying the Pandemic Impact on Primary Care Around the World.
• WONCA Virtual 2021/11. Tu K, Kristiansson RS, Stephenson E, de Lusignan S, Flottorp S, Goh LH, Hallinan C, Hoang U, Kang SY, Kim YK, Kristiansson RS, Li Zhuo, Ling ZJ, Manski-Nankervis J, Ng APP, Pace WD, Wensaas KA, Wong WC, Zheng JL.Studying the impact of primary care visits and uptake of virtual care around the world through the International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers INTRePID
• Korean Academy of Family Medicine Summer Conference. Virtual 2021/08. Tu, K. International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers INTRePID: Studying the Pandemic Impact on Primary Care in Canada and around the World.
• Hong Kong College of Family Physicians Hong Kong Primary Care Conference - Virtual. 2021/07. Tu, K. International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers INTRePID: Studying the Pandemic Impact on Primary Care in Canada and around the World.
• Earl Dunn Lecture, DFCM Virtual Conference. University of Toronto. Toronto, ON. 2021/06. Tu, K. International Consortium of Primary Care Big Data Researchers INTRePID: Studying the Pandemic Impact on Primary Care in Canada and around the World.